Below is a summary of US family history collections that have been released or updated by the major genealogy databases in the last three weeks. (The previous summary list was published on 31 December, see blogpost).
My regular summaries are designed to help family historians whose Irish ancestors emigrated, temporarily or permanently, to the United States.By default, they should also be useful to anyone carrying out research in the US, regardless of the origin of their ancestors.
The figures in parenthesis in the New Collections section are the numbers of records/images in each new record set, if provided by the database.
Unless otherwise stated, the figures in parenthesis in the Updated Collections section reflect the number of records added to the collection in the recent update, if a number has been clearly noted by the supplier. I do not include updates of fewer than 1,000 records.
NEW COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, U.S., Public Library Records, 1848-1980
- Sumter County, Alabama, U.S., Circuit Court Files, 1840-1950
- USA WWII Army Deserters Pay Cards, 1943-1945 (47,994)
- Delaware Church Deaths, 1750-1886 (2,142)
- District of Columbia, Glenwood Cemetery Records, 1854-2013 (122,382)
- Maryland, Baltimore, Locks Funeral Home Records, 1936-2007 (19,543)
- North Carolina, Hist'l Records Survey, Cem. Inscription Index, 1700-2018 (178,449)
FamilySearch
- Indiana, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947 (899,360)
- Iowa, Marriage Records, 1941-1951 (249,115)
- Georgia, Military Discharge Records, ca.1890 - ca.1966 (43,006)
- Pennsylvania, Historical Society, WWII Casualty Cards, 1933-1947 (23,960)
- West Virginia Voter Registers, 1866-1890 (7,073)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
AmericanAncestors
- Massachusetts: RC Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920
17 new volumes from 3 parishes: St Mary in Charlestown, St Peter in Dorchester, Sacred Heart in Roslindale (128,000)
Ancestry
- US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 (updated total 7,632,244)
- Janesville, Rock Co., Wisconsin Directory, 1931 (26,237)
FamilySearch
- Arizona, Yavapai County, Voting Records, 1875-1932
- California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994
- California, LA, Angelus-Rosedale Cem/Crem, 1884-2002
- Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007
- Maryland, Allegany Co., Tax & Voter Records, 1798-1948
- Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924)
- Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979
- Montana, County Voting Records, 1884-1992
- New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929
- South Dakota, County Naturalization Records, 1865-1972
- USA Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c.1955
- Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965
- Wisconsin, County Naturalization Records, 1807-1992
- Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979
- Mississippi, Voter Registration, 1871-1967
- New Jersey, County Naturalization Records, 1749-1986
- Pennsylvania, Historical Society, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971)
- Pennsylvania, Historical Society, Marriage Records, 1512-1989
- Utah, LDS Church Census Records, 1914-1960
- Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965
- West Virginia Voter Registers, 1866-1890
FindMyPast
- New York Roman Catholic Baptisms (45,000 added from 1920+. New total 2,267,131)
- New York Roman Catholic Marriages (36,000 additions. New total 1,174,695)
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